Trace Systems, a provider of wireless communications solutions for various military mission scenarios, has been named a subcontractor for part of a larger project contract awarded to D&S Consultants, Inc. (D&SCI) in support of the U.S. Army’s Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) program. The WWSS contract is a five-year indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract and is a partnership of the Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) and the Project Manager, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (PM WIN-T). The WWSS contract has a ceiling of $5 billion for services provided by the awardees.

For the contract, D&SCI is providing systems engineering, integration, communications, and IT services, as well as application development and information assurance services. Trace Systems' support will include systems integration support in tactical environments as well as products, IT-related services, and integrated L-band mobile satellite services (MSS) such as BGAN.

Trace Systems is a systems integrator and technical services firm that provides comprehensive Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and tactical edge network solutions. Trace Systems partners with large-scale systems integrators and wireless, sensor, RFID, geospatial information, knowledge management, and communications vendors to design and deploy these solutions.

According to Otto Hoernig III, President and CEO of Trace, one type of technology that his firm is providing has the ability to enhance current identification friend or foe (IFF) capabilities and thus reduce friendly fire incidents among allied forces. An example of this would be Blue Force Tracking, whereby military personnel are tracked down to the vehicle level. Using small satellite transceivers in conjunction with GPS and sensor technologies, the position of each vehicle in a convoy can be tracked and displayed through a de-centralized system of databases to provide a common operational tactical picture, which increases situational awareness among fighting forces.

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